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en#TBT: 40 Years After Jimmy Hoffa's Disappearance, His Legend Lives Onhttp://kasu.org/post/tbt-40-years-after-jimmy-hoffas-disappearance-his-legend-lives
In the summer of 1975, Teamsters President James Riddle Hoffa — Jimmy Hoffa — was already a legendary figure in both U.S. labor history <em>and</em> in American pop culture.<p>As a teenager in Detroit, he took to union organizing early on in the grocery business. He was smart and tough. With an emphasis on <em>tough</em>.Thu, 30 Jul 2015 19:57:00 +0000Don Gonyea62490 at http://kasu.org#TBT: 40 Years After Jimmy Hoffa's Disappearance, His Legend Lives OnNow On The National Stage, Scott Walker Is Still A Guy From Delavanhttp://kasu.org/post/now-national-stage-scott-walker-still-guy-delavan
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7JJprB83W8</p>Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:44:00 +0000Don Gonyea61953 at http://kasu.orgNow On The National Stage, Scott Walker Is Still A Guy From DelavanPredictably, Democrats, Republicans Don't Agree On Charleston Causes, Solutionshttp://kasu.org/post/predictably-democrats-republicans-dont-agree-charleston-causes-solutions
<strong>This post was updated at 6:13 p.m. ETFri, 19 Jun 2015 21:51:00 +0000Don Gonyea60827 at http://kasu.orgPredictably, Democrats, Republicans Don't Agree On Charleston Causes, Solutions5 Things You Should Know About Jeb Bushhttp://kasu.org/post/5-things-you-should-know-about-jeb-bush
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQt_E4acnWo</p>Sun, 14 Jun 2015 11:03:00 +0000Don Gonyea60590 at http://kasu.org5 Things You Should Know About Jeb BushIf Ohio Gov. John Kasich Runs For President, He Could Be A Wildcard http://kasu.org/post/if-ohio-gov-john-kasich-runs-president-he-could-be-wildcard
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=If+Ohio+Gov.+John+Kasich+Runs+For+President%2C+He+Could+Be+A+Wildcard+&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDA4MzM1ODU4MDEzMTg5NjcxOTBkZGJhOA004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: <p>No Republican has won the White House without winning Ohio, and that's one reason it's worth paying attention to John Kasich. He is the governor of that state and he's weighing whether to get into the already crowded 2016 presidential field.Fri, 05 Jun 2015 20:52:00 +0000Don Gonyea60261 at http://kasu.orgQ&A: Ohio Gov. John Kasich. He Does It His Wayhttp://kasu.org/post/qa-ohio-gov-john-kasich-he-does-it-his-way
The latest name to make serious noise about a 2016 White House bid is the Republican governor of a state long been considered a key to GOP chances of winning the presidency — Ohio.<p>John Kasich, 63, a former congressman and one-time chairman of the House Budget Committee, has just begun his second term as governor. His first four years began in confrontational fashion. Like Wisconsin, where Gov. Scott Walker also took on public-employee unions, the move in Ohio prompted massive protests. Ohio's law went even further than Wisconsin's in that it did not exempt police and firefighter unions.Fri, 05 Jun 2015 12:32:00 +0000Don Gonyea60238 at http://kasu.orgQ&A: Ohio Gov. John Kasich. He Does It His WayWhy Jeb Bush Can't Bank On Faith Like His Brother Didhttp://kasu.org/post/why-jeb-bush-cant-bank-faith-his-brother-did
Evangelical voters are a major force in Iowa Republican politics. A force that can tip the balance in the state's marquee event: the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.<p>And it's been that way for a long time. Sixteen years ago those voters delivered in a big way for a Texas governor named George W. Bush. But it's not likely that the younger brother of that successful presidential hopeful will get that same kind of support in the 2016 election. Jeb Bush is certainly a deeply religious man — and he shares his brother's conservative views on key social issues.Wed, 03 Jun 2015 09:03:00 +0000Don Gonyea60139 at http://kasu.orgWhy Jeb Bush Can't Bank On Faith Like His Brother DidGOP Presidential Race Revs Its Motors At Iowa Dinnerhttp://kasu.org/post/gop-presidential-race-revs-its-motors-iowa-dinner
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=GOP+Presidential+Race+Revs+Its+Motors+At+Iowa+Dinner&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAwMTM1NDgzMDEyMzg2MDcwMzJjODJiYQ004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: <p>In some ways, the 2016 presidential campaign is starting more slowly than we've seen in recent cycles. There's just a handful of official candidates - six Republicans, two Democrats.Sun, 17 May 2015 12:32:00 +0000Don Gonyea59497 at http://kasu.orgPolitical Postcard: Still Love For Bill Clinton In A Place Called Hopehttp://kasu.org/post/political-postcard-still-love-bill-clinton-place-called-hope
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3zpCLvdcsA</p>Sun, 10 May 2015 04:14:00 +0000Don Gonyea59205 at http://kasu.orgPolitical Postcard: Still Love For Bill Clinton In A Place Called HopeHuckabee Hopes Evangelical Voters Are Tying Yellow Ribbons For Himhttp://kasu.org/post/huckabee-hopes-evangelical-voters-are-tying-yellow-ribbons-him
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKw8mTpp2cg</p>Wed, 06 May 2015 09:03:00 +0000Don Gonyea59041 at http://kasu.orgHuckabee Hopes Evangelical Voters Are Tying Yellow Ribbons For HimUnion Head Presses Candidates, Clinton On Tradehttp://kasu.org/post/union-head-presses-candidates-clinton-trade
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih5_fvX6FpU</p>Tue, 28 Apr 2015 21:57:00 +0000Don Gonyea58734 at http://kasu.orgUnion Head Presses Candidates, Clinton On TradeAs Governors Eye The White House, Home Takes A Back Seathttp://kasu.org/post/governors-eye-white-house-home-takes-back-seat
The list of official and likely candidates for president in 2016 includes some prominent Republicans who are currently governors. Three of them — Scott Walker, Chris Christie and Bobby Jindal — all tout executive experience as qualification for the White House. They also share something else — slumping poll numbers back home.<p>They've been working to make themselves familiar and friendly faces to the party faithful in early voting states, including at a big event hosted last week by the New Hampshire GOP.<p>Jindal, the sitting governor of Louisiana, was there.Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:10:00 +0000Don Gonyea58554 at http://kasu.orgAs Governors Eye The White House, Home Takes A Back SeatSpring Training Has Begun — For Baseball, And For Candidateshttp://kasu.org/post/spring-training-has-begun-baseball-and-candidates
Baseball fans endure the long winter in part because they know, come March, the game will again come alive. They can't wait for their radio, TV, computer screen or smartphone to come alive with scenes from warm climates featuring men in crisp uniforms pitching and catching.<p>Major League Baseball's spring training is underway, but at this stage, wins and losses aren't really important.Mon, 16 Mar 2015 07:02:00 +0000Don Gonyea56910 at http://kasu.orgSpring Training Has Begun — For Baseball, And For CandidatesObama Returns To Selma For 50th Anniversary Of Historic Marchhttp://kasu.org/post/obama-returns-selma-50th-anniversary-historic-march
It's the kind of moment rich with history — a moment to reflect on a searing date in the civil rights struggle, and to do so with the nation's first African-American president taking center stage at the memorial ceremonies. It's a time and place to reflect on where we have been and where we have come as a nation.Fri, 06 Mar 2015 18:32:00 +0000Don Gonyea56553 at http://kasu.orgObama Returns To Selma For 50th Anniversary Of Historic MarchConservatives Heckle Jeb Bush On Education, Immigrationhttp://kasu.org/post/conservatives-heckle-jeb-bush-education-immigration
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Conservatives+Heckle+Jeb+Bush+On+Education%2C+Immigration&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAyMTY5Njg0MDEyMjQ2OTQ4NjVhMTAyZg004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>SCOTT SIMON, HOST: <p>This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Aspiring presidential hopefuls, Republicans have paraded before activists at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. Outside of Washington, D.C.Sat, 28 Feb 2015 13:04:00 +0000Don Gonyea56276 at http://kasu.orgWhat We're Watching At The Conservative Political Action Conferencehttp://kasu.org/post/what-were-watching-conservative-political-action-conference
This week's Conservative Political Action Conference has drawn a huge crowd of activists and politicos, per usual — but it's also a prime spot for 2016 presidential hopefuls. The GOP's potential candidates — former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Sen. Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Gov. Scott Walker, Gov. Bobby Jindal — are rolling on and off the main stage, hoping to fire up the conservative audience. And how well they do with this crowd — an important part of their base — may say a lot about 2016. Here are five things I'll be watching for at CPAC:<p><strong>1.Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:38:00 +0000Don Gonyea56204 at http://kasu.orgWhat We're Watching At The Conservative Political Action ConferenceLatest Must-Go Presidential Campaign Stop: Londonhttp://kasu.org/post/us-presidential-hopefuls-campaigning-london-tough-task
The road to the White House begins with voters in Iowa, New Hampshire and in a handful of other states that hold primaries and caucuses early that winnow the field of candidates.<p>But those aren't the only stops on a would-be president's itinerary these days. There are also, increasingly, early trips outside the U.S.Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:22:00 +0000Don Gonyea55706 at http://kasu.orgLatest Must-Go Presidential Campaign Stop: LondonJon Stewart Changed How Young People View The News, Politicshttp://kasu.org/post/jon-stewart-changed-how-young-people-view-news-politics
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Jon+Stewart+Changed+How+Young+People+View+The+News%2C+Politics&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDEwNzk4NjQwMDEzNTkxNDE0MTg3ZGYxMA004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: <p>When the guy known for skewering the news becomes the news, people pay attention. In case you somehow missed it, Jon Stewart announced yesterday that he is leaving "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central later this year.Wed, 11 Feb 2015 21:35:00 +0000Don Gonyea55592 at http://kasu.orgJeb Bush Continues To Test Campaign Waters In Detroithttp://kasu.org/post/jeb-bush-continues-test-campaign-waters-detroit-speech
For his first major speech since confirming that he's exploring a presidential run, Jeb Bush chose an interesting location: Detroit.<p>Speaking to the city's Economic Club, an establishment institution in the Motor City for more than eight decades, he praised the city's emergence from bankruptcy.<p>"You all are part of a great story — the revival of a city that means so much to all Americans," he told the lunchtime crowd of about 650 people. The mood had brightened significantly in Detroit over the past year. The region's automakers are again selling lots of cars <em>and </em>making money.Wed, 04 Feb 2015 21:37:00 +0000Don Gonyea55293 at http://kasu.orgJeb Bush Continues To Test Campaign Waters In DetroitGov. Scott Walker Eyes 2016, But Can He Get Past Labor's Loathing?http://kasu.org/post/gov-scott-walker-eyes-2016-can-he-get-past-labors-loathing
There is not a lot of love between the U.S. labor movement and those on the long list of potential 2016 Republican presidential hopefuls. But there is one name among the GOP prospects that labor truly despises — and fears. He is Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who weakened unions in his own state and appears ready to make his battles with labor a centerpiece of a bid for the White House.<p>Walker's approach on a recent Saturday in Iowa was telling. In a downtown Des Moines theater full of conservative activists, he spoke for 22 minutes.Mon, 02 Feb 2015 21:36:00 +0000Don Gonyea55185 at http://kasu.orgGov. Scott Walker Eyes 2016, But Can He Get Past Labor's Loathing?Iowa Freedom Summit Looks Something Like 2016 Is Underwayhttp://kasu.org/post/iowa-freedom-summit-looks-something-2016-underway
Take a nearly century-old theater in downtown Des Moines. Fill it to capacity — that's 1,200 audience members and another 200 credentialed media — bring in a lineup that includes almost 10 would-be, might-be, could-be Republican presidential hopefuls, and it's looking like the 2016 campaign is officially underway.<p>Rep.Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:36:00 +0000Don Gonyea54817 at http://kasu.orgIowa Freedom Summit Looks Something Like 2016 Is UnderwayObama Can Expect An Unfriendly Audience — But There's A History Herehttp://kasu.org/post/obama-can-expect-unfriendly-audience-theres-history-here
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Obama+Can+Expect+An+Unfriendly+Audience+%E2%80%94+But+There%27s+A+History+Here&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxODM0MTAzMDEyMTY4NDEzNjUxZmMzYQ004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: <p>When the president delivers his State of the Union address tomorrow night, he will stand for the first time before a Congress in which Republicans control both the U.S. House and the Senate.Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:38:00 +0000Don Gonyea54630 at http://kasu.orgFederal Watchdog To Let Teamsters Union Off Its Leashhttp://kasu.org/post/federal-watchdog-let-teamsters-union-its-leash
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Federal+Watchdog+To+Let+Teamsters+Union+Off+Its+Leash&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDA5MTc0MDI0MDEzMzE4MjI4ODdlOTk4MA004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>DAVID GREENE, HOST: <p>It's a pretty historic moment for one of the country's biggest labor unions. For more than 25 years, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has operated under government oversight. Its budget and finances have been closely watched.Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:12:00 +0000Don Gonyea54470 at http://kasu.orgWhat To Expect In The 2016 Presidential Announcement Seasonhttp://kasu.org/post/what-expect-2016-presidential-announcement-season
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=What+To+Expect+In+The+2016+Presidential+Announcement+Season&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDA2NDA4NzY1MDEyODkzMjYyNTkxZjFiZQ004)"/></div><p>Wed, 24 Dec 2014 21:25:00 +0000Don Gonyea53632 at http://kasu.orgLevin, Harkin, Coburn Among Senators Bidding Adieuhttp://kasu.org/post/levin-harkin-coburn-among-senators-bidding-adieu
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Levin%2C+Harkin%2C+Coburn+Among+Senators+Bidding+Adieu&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDA4MDcwNjYzMDEzMTQ4MjA1NThkNjc1Mg004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>SCOTT SIMON, HOST: <p>In these final days of the 113th U.S. Congress, lawmakers have been busy trying to pass a spending bill before the holiday and the start of a new session in January.Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:12:00 +0000Don Gonyea53160 at http://kasu.org